Install the C api from maxmind. Recomend you use use a packagemanager of your choice
for your OS instead of compile from source, such as sudo apt-get install geoip-database or sudo yum install GeoIP.
Known to work with version 1.4.8

Install dependencies for this project:
npm install

Download and gunzip the latest http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCity.dat.gz The default location $repo_root/GeoLiteCity.dat , if you put it somewhere else, specify --geodb when starting the service.